CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: History’s VIKINGS gained 0.09 from last week to 0.74, and that gave the new SIX a solid lead-in for a 0.48 premiere, which was also simulcast on A&E (0.16) and LMN (0.08).

ESPN’s late Oklahoma City vs. Golden State game topped Wednesday cable at 1.18, with the earlier Milwaukee vs. Houston game at 0.56. Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE rose 0.04 to 0.78. VH1 aired 2 episodes of BLACK INK CREW at 0.74/0.69. TBS’s FULL FRONTAL continues to do well in its new Wednesday perch, down 0.04 to 0.47. On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE gained 0.05 to 0.47, and TOO CLOSE TO HOME was down 0.03 to 0.30. ID’s HOMICIDE HUNTER climbed 0.04 to 0.41, and I, WITNESS was up 0.04 to 0.33. On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN ATLANTA fell a tenth to 0.40, and VIVICA’S BLACK MAGIC was down 0.07 to 0.21. FX’s IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA grew by 0.08 to 0.40, and MAN SEEKING WOMAN ticked up to 0.13. On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS dropped 0.04 to 0.37. Food Network’s COOKS VS CONS was up 0.03 to 0.34. A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY lost 0.03 to 0.33, and the season finale of GOING SI-RAL was up 0.03 to 0.22. On Comedy Central, WORKAHOLICS ticked down to 0.29, and JEFF & SOME ALIENS was down 0.02 to 0.16. E!’s TOTAL DIVAS held at 0.28. MTV’s ARE YOU THE ONE fell 0.17 to 0.26, and the AFTER-SHOW was down 0.13 to 0.12. Syfy’s INCORPORATED ticked up to 0.15. Bravo’s GIRLFRIENDS GUIDE TO DIVORCE was down 0.02 to 0.13. POP’s SCHITT’S CREEK was steady at 0.08. WGN’s next-to-last SALEM fell 0.03 to 0.05. NOTE: we won’t have ratings for sub-Top 150 shows like LUCHA UNDERGROUND until tomorrow.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday January 18, 2017

P18-49

P2+

Rank

Program

Net

Start

Mins

Rating

(000s)

1

NBA REGULAR SEASON L: OKLAHOMA CITY/GOLDEN STATE

ESPN

10:34 PM

149

1.18

2,645

2

ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE

DISCOVERY CHANNEL

9:00 PM

60

0.78

3,221

3

BLACK INK CREW 5

VH1

9:00 PM

60

0.74

1,393

4

VIKINGS

HISTORY

9:00 PM

61

0.74

2,468

5

BLACK INK CREW 5

VH1

8:00 PM

60

0.69

1,325

6

NBA REGULAR SEASON L: MILWAUKEE/HOUSTON

ESPN

8:01 PM

153

0.56

1,297

7

SPORTSCENTER 1AM L

ESPN

1:03 AM

57

0.55

1,140

8

SIX

HISTORY

10:01 PM

61

0.48

1,725

9

FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE

TBS NETWORK

10:30 PM

30

0.47

1,315

10

MY 600-LB LIFE: N/A

TLC

8:00 PM

120

0.47

1,365

11

HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

10:00 PM

60

0.41

1,709

12

LITTLE WOMEN ATL

LIFETIME TELEVISION

9:00 PM

62

0.40

997

13

ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELP

FXX

10:00 PM

31

0.40

602

14

THE OREILLY FACTOR

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

8:00 PM

60

0.39

4,357

15

PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR)

HOME AND GARDEN TV

9:00 PM

60

0.37

1,900

16

COOKS VS. CONS

FOOD NETWORK

9:00 PM

60

0.34

1,133

17

I, WITNESS

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

9:00 PM

60

0.33

1,229

18

DUCK DYNASTY

A&E NETWORK

9:00 PM

31

0.33

1,189

19

TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

9:00 PM

60

0.33

3,489

20

PARDON THE INTERRUPTION

ESPN

5:30 PM

30

0.33

844

21

PARADISE RUN

NICKELODEON

7:00 PM

30

0.30

1,529

22

NBA PRE-GAME L

ESPN

7:00 PM

61

0.30

582

23

TOO CLOSE TO HOME

TLC

10:00 PM

60

0.30

1,078

24

HANNITY

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

10:00 PM

60

0.29

3,007

25

FIVE, THE

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

5:00 PM

60

0.29

3,333

26

WORKAHOLICS

COMEDY CENTRAL

10:00 PM

30

0.29

468

27

TOTAL DIVAS

E!

9:00 PM

60

0.28

580

28

FIRST 100 DAYS, THE

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

7:00 PM

60

0.27

2,878

29

CNN FILMS: THE END: INSIDE LAST DAYS OF OBAMA WH

CNN

9:00 PM

120

0.27

1,222

30

EXPEDITION UNKNOWN

TRAVEL CHANNEL

9:00 PM

60

0.27

908

31

DAILY SHOW

COMEDY CENTRAL

11:00 PM

34

0.27

872

32

SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

6:00 PM

60

0.26

3,366

33

ARE YOU THE ONE SSN 5

MTV

9:00 PM

62

0.26

523

34

SPORTSCENTER EARLY L

ESPN

6:00 PM

60

0.25

519

35

ANDERSON COOPER 360

CNN

8:00 PM

60

0.24

1,180

36

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

2:00 PM

60

0.23

1,239

37

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

3:00 PM

60

0.23

1,375

38

AROUND THE HORN

ESPN

5:00 PM

30

0.23

567

39

HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE

ESPN

4:30 PM

30

0.22

509

40

GOING SI-RAL

A&E NETWORK

9:31 PM

30

0.22

786

41

FIRST TAKE L: N/A

ESPN

10:00 AM

120

0.22

423

42

COPA MX – L: AMERICA / SANTOS

UNIVISION DEPORTES

9:25 PM

125

0.22

401

43

RACHEL MADDOW SHOW

MSNBC

9:00 PM

60

0.21

1,871

44

VIVICAS BLACK MAGIC

LIFETIME TELEVISION

10:02 PM

60

0.21

549

45

SPORTSNATION L

ESPN

4:00 PM

30

0.20

475

46

YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

4:00 PM

60

0.20

2,142

47

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

12:00 PM

60

0.20

353

48

CONAN

TBS NETWORK

11:00 PM

60

0.20

472

49

NFL LIVE L

ESPN

3:00 PM

60

0.19

446

50

AMERICAS NEWS HQ

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

2:00 PM

60

0.19

1,780

51

FOX AND FRIENDS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

8:00 AM

60

0.18

2,066

52

CNN TONIGHT

CNN

11:00 PM

60

0.18

887

53

FOX AND FRIENDS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

7:00 AM

60

0.18

1,704

54

SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

3:00 PM

60

0.18

1,739

55

ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT

CNN

7:00 PM

60

0.18

930

56

E! NEWS

E!

7:00 PM

60

0.17

457

57

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

9:00 AM

60

0.17

337

58

WALLYKAZAM!

NICK JR

7:00 PM

30

0.17

707

59

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

8:00 AM

60

0.17

331

60

JEFF & SOME ALIENS

COMEDY CENTRAL

10:30 PM

30

0.16

284

61

WOLF

CNN

1:00 PM

60

0.16

1,057

62

MY 600-LB LIFE: EXTENDED: N/A

TLC

6:00 PM

120

0.16

399

63

AT MIDNIGHT

COMEDY CENTRAL

11:34 PM

30

0.16

366

64

SIX

A&E NETWORK

10:01 PM

61

0.16

529

65

AMERICAS NEWSROOM

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

10:00 AM

60

0.16

1,827

66

FOX AND FRIENDS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

6:00 AM

60

0.16

1,315

67

LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER

CNN

4:00 PM

60

0.15

1,124

68

AMERICAS NEWSROOM

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

9:00 AM

60

0.15

2,042

69

SITUATION ROOM

CNN

6:00 PM

60

0.15

875

70

INCORPORATED

SYFY

10:00 PM

61

0.15

406

71

COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L: OKLAHOMA/WEST VIRGINIA

ESPN2

7:00 PM

151

0.15

574

72

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

7:00 AM

60

0.15

338

73

INSIDE POLITICS

CNN

12:00 PM

60

0.15

910

74

NFL INSIDERS L

ESPN

2:00 PM

60

0.15

321

75

SITUATION ROOM

CNN

5:00 PM

60

0.14

973

76

LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL

MSNBC

10:00 PM

60

0.14

1,673

77

COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE L

ESPN

1:30 PM

30

0.14

275

78

NHL REGULAR SEASON L: BOSTON/DETROIT

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

8:03 PM

177

0.13

447

79

OTL – FIRST REPORT L

ESPN

1:00 PM

30

0.13

287

80

HAPPENING NOW

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

1:00 PM

60

0.13

1,573

81

ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES

MSNBC

8:00 PM

60

0.13

1,382

82

OUTNUMBERED

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

12:00 PM

60

0.13

1,902

83

GIRLFRND GUIDE TO DIVORCE

BRAVO

10:00 PM

60

0.13

368

84

HOUSE OF PAYNE

BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV

5:30 PM

30

0.13

320

85

MAN SEEKING WOMAN

FXX

10:31 PM

30

0.13

195

86

UNSUNG

TV ONE

8:00 PM

60

0.13

312

87

MY KNIGHT AND ME

THE CARTOON NETWORK

4:00 PM

30

0.13

635

88

AT THIS HOUR

CNN

11:00 AM

60

0.12

782

89

ARE YOU THE ONE S5 AFTER

MTV

10:02 PM

31

0.12

247

90

OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENC

SCIENCE

9:01 PM

61

0.12

343

91

HAPPENING NOW

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

11:00 AM

60

0.12

1,711

92

COPA MX WED 8P: QUERETARO / CRUZ AZUL

GALAVISION

7:55 PM

125

0.12

208

93

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

10:00 AM

60

0.11

671

94

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

9:00 AM

60

0.11

714

95

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE

BRAVO

11:00 PM

30

0.10

313

96

11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS

MSNBC

11:00 PM

60

0.10

1,015

97

BARRETT JACKSON: N/A

VELOCITY

8:00 PM

180

0.10

575

98

STREET SCIENCE

SCIENCE

10:33 PM

30

0.10

323

99

PARDON THE INTERRUPTION

ESPN2

6:30 PM

30

0.10

242

100

STREET SCIENCE

SCIENCE

10:02 PM

31

0.10

305

101

NEW DAY

CNN

8:00 AM

60

0.09

566

102

HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS

MSNBC

7:00 PM

60

0.09

1,187

103

E! NEWS

E!

11:00 PM

62

0.09

300

104

FIRST TAKE: N/A

ESPN2

1:00 PM

120

0.09

151

105

BLUE COLLAR MILLIONAIRES

CNBC

10:00 PM

30

0.09

268

106

NEW DAY

CNN

7:00 AM

60

0.08

515

107

MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE

HLN

6:00 AM

60

0.08

314

108

NHL REGULAR SEASON L: SAN JOSE/LOS ANGELES

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

11:00 PM

144

0.08

186

109

SCHITTS CREEK

POP

8:00 PM

31

0.08

293

110

BARRETT JACKSON: N/A

VELOCITY

6:00 PM

120

0.08

405

111

MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON

MSNBC

10:00 AM

60

0.08

657

112

SIX

LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK

10:01 PM

61

0.08

311

113

MSNBC LIVE

MSNBC

2:00 PM

108

0.07

894

114

NEW DAY

CNN

6:00 AM

60

0.07

392

115

YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T

POP

7:00 PM

60

0.07

576

116

MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE

HLN

8:00 AM

60

0.07

286

117

MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE

MSNBC

9:00 AM

60

0.07

609

118

PRIMETIME JUSTICE

HLN

8:00 PM

60

0.07

297

119

NFL TOTAL ACCESS

NFL NETWORK

7:00 PM

60

0.07

185

120

ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS

MSNBC

12:00 PM

60

0.07

550

121

MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L

ESPN2

8:04 AM

116

0.07

165

122

MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE

HLN

9:00 AM

60

0.07

291

123

VICE NEWS TONIGHT

HBO PRIME

7:31 PM

23

0.07

219

124

MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE

HLN

7:00 AM

60

0.07

273

125

MORNING JOE: N/A

MSNBC

6:00 AM

180

0.07

651

126

INSIDE THE NFL

NFL NETWORK

9:00 PM

90

0.07

189

127

MSNBC LIVE W/K.SNOW

MSNBC

3:48 PM

12

0.07

954

128

MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN

MSNBC

1:00 PM

60

0.07

567

129

CAKE HUNTERS

COOKING CHANNEL

10:00 PM

30

0.07

191

130

FOR THE RECORD W/GRETA

MSNBC

6:00 PM

60

0.06

779

131

MSNBC LIVE W/ T.HALL

MSNBC

11:00 AM

60

0.06

558

132

NFL TOTAL ACCESS

NFL NETWORK

6:00 PM

60

0.06

124

133

COLD MOUNTAIN: COLD MOUNTAIN

HBO PRIME

8:00 PM

154

0.06

234

134

BONG APPETIT

VICELAND

10:30 PM

30

0.06

110

135

TRANSFORMERS:REVENGE OF: TRANSFORMERS:REVENGE OF

MAXPRIME

10:00 PM

150

0.06

154

136

MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE

HLN

10:00 AM

60

0.06

241

137

HOUSE OF PAYNE

BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV

8:35 AM

35

0.06

157

138

MSNBC LIVE W/ S.KORNACKI

MSNBC

4:00 PM

60

0.06

822

139

TEXAS CAKE HOUSE

COOKING CHANNEL

10:30 PM

30

0.06

140

140

MTP DAILY

MSNBC

5:00 PM

60

0.05

871

141

SALEM

WGN AMERICA

9:00 PM

62

0.05

236

142

NHL LIVE POST

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

1:24 AM

17

0.05

97

143

AROUND THE HORN

ESPN2

6:00 PM

30

0.05

145

144

PLATOON: PLATOON

MAXPRIME

12:30 AM

120

0.05

126

145

KITCHEN CRASHERS

HOME AND GARDEN TV

6:30 AM

30

0.05

144

146

CUPCAKE WARS (1HR)

COOKING CHANNEL

8:00 PM

60

0.05

180

147

BLOOD AND FURY: AMERICAS

AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL

10:00 PM

60

0.05

250

148

COUNTERFEIT CAT

DISNEY XD

3:00 PM

30

0.05

136

149

LINEA DE CUATRO L

UNIVISION DEPORTES

9:00 PM

25

0.05

88

150

HOUSE CRASHERS

HOME AND GARDEN TV

7:30 AM

30

0.05

240

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MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.